“Surely one of the peculiar habits of circumstances is the way they follow, in their eternal recurrence, a single course. If an event happens once in a life, it may be depended upon to repeat later its general design.” IfsWayMayHappensCoursesEventsDesignHabitCircumstancesEternalRepeatsPeculiarRecurrence Author:Ellen Glasgow
“Why make a biopic if it's not somehow helping us now? There's really no point. If it's not informing how we can do things differently now and maybe not repeat our mistakes, than why do this piece about this person or this event?” IfsPersonsHelpingCan DoMistakePiecesEventsRepeatsNo PointInforming Author:Dustin Lance Black
“"History repeats itself" and "History never repeats itself" are about equally true ... We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy.” KnowsEnoughPastEventsCircumstancesComplexesRepeatsAnalogiesRepeating HistoryHistory Repeats ItselfPast Events Author:G. M. Trevelyan
“The performance group The Ant Farm redoing JFK's assassination in Dallas was an event that struck a chord with me, especially when one of the members said they'd only intended to do it once, but the Dallas audience insisted they repeat the performance.” SaidAudienceGroupsEventsMembersPerformancesRepeatsFarmsChordsAntsAssassinationDallas Author:Laura Mullen